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Active nematics with anisotropic friction: the decisive role of the flow aligning parameter
Kristian Thijssen, Luuk Metselaar, Julia M. Yeomans +1
We use continuum simulations to study the impact of anisotropic hydrodynamic friction on the emergent flows of active nematics. We show that, depending on whether the active partic…
Topology and morphology of self-deforming active shells
Luuk Metselaar, Julia M. Yeomans, Amin Doostmohammadi
We present a generic framework for modelling three-dimensional deformable shells of active matter that captures the orientational dynamics of the active particles and hydrodynamic…
Topological states in chiral active matter: dynamic blue phases and active half-skyrmions
Luuk Metselaar, Amin Doostmohammadi, Julia M. Yeomans
We numerically study the dynamics of two-dimensional blue phases in active chiral liquid crystals. We show that introducing contractile activity results in stabilised blue phases,…
Two-dimensional, blue phase tactoids
Luuk Metselaar, Amin Doostmohammadi, Julia M. Yeomans
We use full nematohydrodynamic simulations to study the statics and dynamics of monolayers of cholesteric liquid crystals. Using chirality and temperature as control parameters we…
Electric-field induced shape transition of nematic tactoids
Luuk Metselaar, Ivan Dozov, Krassimira Antonova +4
The occurrence of new textures of liquid crystals is an important factor in tuning their optical and photonics properties. Here, we show, both experimentally and by numerical compu…